ISSN 2436-018X

JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL GENERAL MEDICINE

NOVEMBER 2021 Volume 3-6

JHGM 2021:3(6):181-189

Original article

Importance of lifestyle-related diseases
as a risk factor of bone fragility fracture

Ichiro Yoshii 1)※  Shohei Kokei 2)
1) Department of Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Yoshii Hospital
2) Department of Internal Medicine, Yoshii Hospital

Key Words:bone fragility fracture, lifestyle-related disease, musculoskeletal ambulation disability symptom complex,non-vertebral body fracture, T-score, vertebral body fracture

JHGM 2021:3(6):190-199

Original article

Polypharmacy in Japanese primary care
and association with length of hospital stay:
a prospective cohort study

Noboru Horinouchi 1)2)    Seiji Shiota 1)2)3)※    Takeshi Takakura1)
Kyoko Yamamoto 2)  Eishi Miyazaki 2)3)
1) Department of General Medicine, Oita Almeida Memorial Hospital
2) Department of General Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine
3) Center for Community Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine

Key Words:Polypharmacy, Length of stay, Malnutrition, Older people

JHGM 2021:3(6):200-208

Original article

Clinical significance of procalcitonin measurement
in patients with bacterial infections
in the emergency setting

Motoo Kikuchi 1)※  Kyouji Senoo 2)   Hirotaka Ohra3)
1) Department of General Medicine, Nagoya City University West Medical Center
2) Department of Gastroenterology, Nagoya City University West Medical Center
3) Department of Community-based Medical Education, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Key Words:medical emergency setting, diagnosis, procalcitonin, prognosis, sepsis

JHGM 2021:3(6):209-212

Case report

A case of atypical chest pain caused
by thoracic vertebral fracture

Maoka Yamada 1)  Hiroki Isono 2)※
1) Ehime University School of Medicine
2) Department of General Medicine, HITO Medical Center

Key Words:Vertebral fracture, chest pain, magnetic resonance imaging

JHGM 2021:3(6):213-216

Case report

Warfarin-induced development
of an acquired factor V inhibitor

Yuichi Sesumi   Yasushi Terada  Wataru Kaino
Toshihiro Yamagata  Shungo Nishimura

Department of Internal Medicine, Shounai Amarume Hospital

Key Words:acquired factor V inhibitor, warfarin

JHGM 2021:3(6):217-223

Case report

Fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection
in a dialysis outpatient with no history
of antibiotic use

Shokin Shigemitsu 1)  Kosuke Nomura 1)2)  Shigeo Toda3)
Shunichiro Matoba 3)  Shunsaku Matsuoka 4)  Naoki Sawa 4)
Futoshi Yoshino 1)  Naoki Saegusa 1)  Daisuke Kikuchi 1)2)※
1) Department of Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya
2) Department of Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital
3) Department of Digestive Surgery, Toranomon Hospital
4) Department of Nephrology, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya

Key Words:Fulminant Clostridium difficile infection, dialysis, antibiotic

JHGM 2021:3(6):224

Brief report

Campylobacter jejuni enteritis mimicking colon cancer

Masayuki Kagota 1)  Kosuke Oka 2)※  Hideharu Hagiya 2)  Fumio Otsuka 2)
1) Okayama University Medical School
2) Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Key Words:Campyrobacter jejuni enteritis and colon cancer

JHGM 2021:3(6):225-227

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Research trends of general hospitalists in Japan:
a cross-sectional questionnaire-based personal survey

Masaki Tago 1)※ Takashi Watari 2) Kiyoshi Shikino 3) Shun Yamashita 1)
Yosuke Sasaki 4) Hiromizu Takahashi 5) Taro Shimizu 6)
1) Department of General Medicine, Saga University Hospital
2) General Medicine Center, Shimane University Hospital
3) Department of General Medicine, Chiba University Hospital
4) Department of General Medicine and Emergency Care, Toho University School of Medicine
5) Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University
6) Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University

Key Words:Clinical research, General hospitalists, Hospital General Medicine, Research topics

JHGM 2021:3(6):228-231

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Emergency hospitalization of COVID-19 patients
at a non-COVID-19 specialty hospital

Ken Johkura
Yokohama Brain and Spine Center COVID-19 Emergency Response Team 1)
1) Contributors:
Noriko Nara, Yosuke Kudo, Ryoo Yamamoto, Hideyuki Kikyo, Yu Amano, Masahiro Shibuya, Hiroyuki Otaki, of the Department of Neurology;Junko Suzuki, Yuiko Kameyama, Kimiko Yamamoto, Masumi Umeki, Hitomi Jibe, Miho Takano, Yuko Ohara, Maki Kamiya, Minako Uesugi, Chigusa Soma, Megumi Kobayashi, Akiko Koizumi, Rieko Mori, Hiroshi Ide, Hiroko Mitsui, Remi Nakamura, Yuko Saito, Rika Suzuki, Ayako Uchiyama, Chisato Urai, Mayuko Togashi, Misaki Ikeda, Kana Honda, Kumiko Kurosawa, Chika Kudo, Takashi Kurosawa, Aira Nakayama, Yuka Nagoya, Miki Kimura, Minori Yazaki, of the Nursing Division

Department of Neurology, Yokohama Brain and Spine Center

Key Words:COVID-19, non-specialty hospital, hospital beds, Japanese standard medical care